VBT# Me and Her - Kaelin Wennerberg

Review: Me and Her - Kaelin Wennerberg - May 2026

I have to be honest with you when this one landed on my radar as part of Zooloo's Book Tours, I was already sold before I'd even turned the first page. A small town with a serial killer, someone going missing every single year, and a protagonist who has completely reinvented herself? That is exactly my kind of read. Curl up on the sofa with a blanket and a strong cup of tea kind of read. And I am so glad I said yes to this one.

Devil's Paradise is the sort of small town that sounds idyllic until you scratch the surface, and Wennerberg does a brilliant job of building that uneasy, suffocating atmosphere. You know the feeling,  the kind of place where everyone knows everyone, and that's not always a comfort. Our protagonist Charlie or Reagan, as we come to learn  fled this town the moment she could, leaving behind not just her address but her entire identity. New name, new appearance, new life. She has worked so hard to become someone else entirely, and you really feel the weight of that sacrifice.

But then Mia goes missing. And just like that, everything Charlie has built for herself is at risk.

The friendship at the heart of this story is what really got me. That bone-deep, us-against-the-world bond that only your very best friend can give you I think most of us have had at least one relationship like that in our lives, and Wennerberg captures it beautifully. Charlie and Mia's dynamic pulled me right in, and I found myself genuinely desperate for things to work out.

The tension throughout is wonderfully done. Knowing that Charlie is hiding who she really is while trying to find her missing best friend in the very town that drove her away it's a pressure cooker of a plot and I was racing through chapters.

And that ending! I genuinely did not see it coming. The twist surrounding Mia had my jaw on the floor. I won't say a single word more about it, but just know you'll want to set aside a free afternoon for the final act.

A gripping, atmospheric thriller with real heart at its centre. Highly recommended.

Amazon: https://amzn.to/4uVEApO